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Re: Confirmed New Districts for 2015?

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Originally Posted by Link07 View Post
This is true. I was mainly talking about teams already part of their own district system. (For example, a team from Maine going to play in NJ)
I can see it happening. Right now a lot of teams in CT (and parts of MA) can easily venture down into MAR to compete at some of the events. For teams like us it isn't impossible (5 hours to get to NJ from southern NH) but isn't the most ideal. Troy, NY is a little further than CT in terms of distance so if New York goes to districts it wouldn't be that difficult for teams in our area to drive out to Troy.

For other teams it does get harder to see teams traveling across the country to compete but again I don't see it as impossible for a two day event in a high school. Many teams develop great relationships across the country every few years some teams travel far distances to compete to expand their horizons. For a few years, 1519's second "home" event was the North Carolina Regional competing in 2010, 2012, and 2013. That's not to say if North Carolina goes to Districts 1519 will sign up again but if its during school vacation instead of competing for a third day you can sight see or do something fun.

Time will tell but I see the most benefit for areas bordering districts who used to call other events "home". The Tech Valley Regional in New York was created to give teams in that area a close event once they got shut out of events in New England like GSR and WPI.

Who knows maybe the decreased cost of an additional event helps teams put that money towards traveling.
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